‘Gatundu Level IV Hospital does not meet demands of Gatundu South people’ – CS Nakhumicha

Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha has declared that Gatundu Level IV Hospital in Gatundu South Constituency, Kiambu County is poorly equipped to meet people’s demands. CS Nakhumicha said this after conducting a spot check as part of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) assessment. She said the findings revealed a hospital struggling with insufficient equipment […]

Gatundu South residents want CS Kuria to apologise for ‘insulting’ Kenyatta family

Gatundu South residents have called out Trade, Industry and Investment Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria over an alleged attack on former President Uhuru Kenyatta and the larger Kenyatta family. Kuria, who was speaking during Ndumo ya Mt Kenya entertainment event organized by gospel artiste Ngaruiya Junior at Gatundu Stadium last Sunday, is said to have hurled […]

Gatundu South MP summoned by NCIC over ‘inciting, abusive remarks’

Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe has been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) for allegedly uttering threatening, inciting and abusive remarks. Kagombe, who has been summoned to appear before NCIC offices tomorrow, May 18, 2023, from 11 am is being investigated for remarks he allegedly made at Gatundu Stadium during a bursary […]

‘Avoid sex workers’- Gatundu residents warned ahead of Ksh2.2B land compensation

Plot owners, who are set to receive Ksh2.2 billion in compensation for the expansion of Mama Ngina University in Mutomo village, Gatundu South, have been warned against misusing the money in entertainment joints. Gatundu South Deputy County Commissioner Stanley Kamande and local leaders insisted that as the release of the money beckons, residents should be […]

Mama Ngina Kenyatta casts her vote

Kenya’s former first lady and mother of Kenya’s outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta, Mama Ngina Kenyatta, has cast her vote at the Mutomo primary school polling station in Ichaweri, Gatundu South constituency in Kiambu county. President Uhuru Kenyatta and first lady Margaret Kenyatta are also expected to vote at the same polling station. More to follow…

Cry as church elder impregnates mentally ill minor in Gatundu

Nyeri: Former KDF soldier linked to murder of 2 night guards

A family from Ikuma village in Gatundu South now wants a church elder jailed for life after he allegedly impregnated their mentally incapacitated daughter.  The 14-year-old girl, who was in Class Seven special, could be forced to drop out of school to take care of her three-month-old pregnancy. According to her family members, the mentally […]

Gatundu men decry women untidiness, finger water scarcity

Men from Kagumoini village in Gatundu South, Kiambu County are up in arms with their wives over what they describe as a high level of uncleanness. The men argue that most of the women put on one piece of clothing for a whole week without changing, a situation that is on the verge of triggering […]